It’s easy to lose yourself in motherhood, feeling like you lack purpose and joy. We will never be content in our role unless we seek Christ first! Find encouragement in these posts as you learn what it means to look to Christ as a mama.
Update: Giveaway has ended The adoption wait is a roller-coaster of emotions, with hopeful adoptive parents trying to expedite as much of the process as possible, but ultimately discovering that so much is out of their hands. I have briefly hinted at these emotions, but it would take several posts to explain the fear, joy, […]
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This is our first Valentine’s Day with our son! We are planning on staying home since the holiday falls in the middle of the week this year. Even though my son is young and we will be at home, I still want to make the holiday special. Although it may just seem like another commercialized
When one of us is having a hard time demonstrating love, my husband or I will jokingly say, “bend it out!” This catchy phase has been a part of our vocabulary since we were engaged. In preparing for marriage, we read the book This Momentary Marriage by John Piper. Each week, we would discuss a
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My son is 2, and we are in the midst of potty training! I’ve seen a lot of information online about potty training methods – the potty training in three days method has seemed the most popular, but I’m not 100% sure I can handle a naked toddler running around my house for 3 days!
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What is a Jesse Tree? After years of infertility and waiting to adopt our oldest, I longed to create family holiday traditions. One particular tradition I wanted to start was using a Jesse Tree to tell the Christmas story. For many people, telling the Christmas story each year means starting with Mary, the shepherds, or
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Are you a bored stay at home mom? Or do you feel like you’ve lost your joy in motherhood? After becoming a stay at home mother in 2017, I found myself spending more and more time on my phone. Why? Bored Stay at Home Mom After much prayer and reading, I came
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If you haven’t read the three-part story of my journey to motherhood, I suggest you start here. I dreamed for years of being a mother, and, after we submitted our adoption application, I felt that my dreams were finally becoming a reality. The adoption process felt like a game of hurry up and
Our Adoption Story is Part Three of my journey to motherhood. Click here to read Part One and here to read Part Two. Deciding Whether to Pursue Infertility Treatments I purchased a **book about infertility and read it while my husband and I accompanied our church’s collegiate group to National Collegiate Week. During this
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